Bearden Park in Third Ward, Uptown Charlotte

[cjd5050]

13 minutes ago, Matthew.Brendan said:

Any idea why somebody is cutting down seemingly healthy trees in the park?

Looks like straight up vandalism 

[lit]

19 hours ago, cjd5050 said:

Looks like straight up vandalism 

Maybe someone cut it down, took it to their condo, and decorated it for Christmas like some hipster trying to be ironic or something. Kind of a dick-move if you ask me. 

[CLT2014]

Not the best for public perception of Uptown after the riots. 65 year old newspaper delivery man for the Observer found dead in the road by Bearden Park shot and another man shot and wounded at Tryon/MLK with non life threatening injuries. There have now been 11 homicides in Charlotte since the new year (we may break 100 this year, it isn't even summer). Police will be investigating if they knew the shooters and towed a black pickup truck away from the scene. If this is random gun violence in the center city, yikes.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article132812674.html

Edited February 15, 2017 by CLT2014

[CLTProductions]

Agreed it should be moved to a new thread but yeah the current chief is a putz. CMPD is a complete mess 

[jtmonk]

Anyway.... So when do you guys think the lot on the corner of West 3rd street and South Mint Street will be developed?  It's pretty much the only undeveloped lot left that is adjacent to the park.  Does anyone know of anything that may go there?

[jtmonk]

Anyway freakin way!!!!!!! Look at this great view, I love to have one of those apartments looking out over Bearden Park especially towards the Kimpton Hotel.

[jtmonk]

Hey RDF, I asked this on the previous page but it was buried in all of the other off topic conversations, have you heard of anything proposed on the corner of South Mint and West 3rd street?

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

1 hour ago, jtmonk said:

Anyway freakin way!!!!!!! Look at this great view, I love to have one of those apartments looking out over Bearden Park especially towards the Kimpton Hotel.

That parking deck on the left side of the Kimpton needs to go!

[Guest]

30 minutes ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

That parking deck on the left side of the Kimpton needs to go!

The ground floor is being redone with more/better Retail at least.

[birky]

Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but I miss the old days when Brevard Court was a hidden gem.  It's already a madhouse during baseball season, but certainly the hotel & offices will bring increased business.

I know, I know...

Edited February 20, 2017 by birky

[Temeteron]

23 minutes ago, birky said:

Not that it's necessarily a bad thing, but I miss the old days when Brevard Court was a hidden gem.  It's already a madhouse during baseball season, but certainly the hotel & offices will bring increased business.

I know, I know...

 A friend of mine owns Nefelie's and told me how people vandalize their flowers, and patio furniture all the time and how they litter in the alleyway as well. I remember it used to never be like that.  Maybe it would be better to have security in that area?

[navigator319]

After several years and 20 months of fencing around the base they have crane this morning finally placing a giant aluminum/steal piece of 'art'.

[tozmervo]

I typically don't like brushed aluminum, but I think this is actually quite lovely. 

 

[nonillogical]

^ I might have preferred it in another material too, but its a pretty nice piece. Definitely one of the better abstract public sculptures we've gotten in recent years. 

[Finkle]

Nice sharp things sticking out next to a children's play area.

Edited May 13, 2017 by Finkle

[CarolinaDaydreamin]

On 5/13/2017 at 0:52 PM, Finkle said:

Nice sharp things sticking out next to a children's play area.

...15 feet off the ground...

[QCxpat]

 

On 5/13/2017 at 0:46 PM, nonillogical said:

^ I might have preferred it in another material too, but its a pretty nice piece. Definitely one of the better abstract public sculptures we've gotten in recent years. 

Excerpt from "Conversations: Romare Bearden and Richard Hunt" -- The Mint Museum website: https://www.mintmuseum.org/art/exhibitions/detail/romare-bearden-gallery/

On September 2, 2013, in conjunction with what would have been Bearden’s 102nd birthday, Romare Bearden Park, of the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, opened just one block north of Mint Museum Uptown on North Church Street. Hunt was commissioned to create a monumental public sculpture in homage of Bearden. Due to the shared history between the two men, this commission stands out among the over 130 public commissions Hunt has completed throughout his career. Other commissions located nearby include Three Crosses at University Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, as well as public work in Greensboro, N.C.; Winton-Salem, N.C.; and Greenville, S.C. Of this monumental work of art, Hunt has stated: “I intend to create a sculptured collage, a spatial frame that contains references to Romare Beardenʼs artistic practice, his traditions, and his inspirations.”

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 15, 2017 by QCxpat
Credit photo at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/brandonkish/18708538594

[elrodvt]

4 hours ago, CarolinaDaydreamin said:

...15 feet off the ground...

It does look like a prop from a strange Scandinavian murder mystery though. I picture someone found impaled at dawn. I guess just driving through the construction on 85 brought murder to mind.

[uptownliving]

I saw it this morning while biking and stopped to check it out. I like it, reminds me of the piece in front of the Trademark Condos.

 

[QCxpat]

Art in the heart of Charlotte: a beautiful, creative, soulful, and artsy city!

(1) Spiral Odyssey by Richard Hunt at Romare Bearden Park, 300 S. Church St.

http://qcitymetro.com/2017/05/14/sculpture-bearden-peer-richard-hunt-installed-romare-bearden-park/

(2) Il Grando Disco by Arnaldo Pomodoro at Bank of America Plaza, 101 S. Tryon St.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/il-grande-disco-charlotte-583846

(3) The Firebird (a/k/a "Disco Chicken") by Niki de Saint Phalle at Bechtler Museum, 420 S. Tryon St.

https://www.tripsavvy.com/firebird-sculpture-charlote-583845

(4) The Garden by Jerry Peart at Carillon Park, 200 W. Trade St.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-garden-by-jerry-peart-1/view/google/

(N.B.: Right click and open links in new window.)  Voilà.

 

 

[grodney]

Another pic of the new sculpture:

[KJHburg]

It is an #UptownStunner 

[cjd5050]

2 hours ago, KJHburg said:

It is an #UptownStunner 

Typo.  #UptownSteamer

[KJHburg]

My photos of the new Bearden Park piece today. In person I kinda like it. The Spiral Odyssey.  But Firebird is still my favorite piece of public art in the city!  

[go_vertical]

I bet the reflection will burn your retinas out if you catch it at the right angle.